Guy attachment for poles and the like



Oct. 17, 1950 R. SMYTHE 2,526,511

GUY ATTACHMENT FOR POLES AND THE LIKE Filed May 17, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 E: INVENTOR. f emzer 1.. own/E Oct. 17, 1950 R. L. SMYTHE I GUY ATTACHMENT FOR POL-ES AND THE LIKE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 17, 1947 INVENTOR. WEE? L. SMYTHE Patented Oct. 17, 1950 GUY ATTACHMENT'FOR POLES AND THE LIKE Robert L. Smythe, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor t McGraw Electric Company, a, corporation of Delaware Application May 17, 1947, Serial No. 748,794

. 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in guy attachments for poles and the like.

It more specifically relates to that type which is attached to a pole by means of a long bolt extending through the pole.

Various means have been used to hold guy fixtures firmly onto poles so that they are able to withstand heavy tension loads. Some of such means are concerned with special types of bolts, bands and plates.

One object of my invention is to provide a guy attachment which can be firmly secured to a pole or the like and is able to withstand heavy tension loads, when so secured, without the aid of special bolts, plates or bands.

It also is an object to provide a guy attachment of simple design having a novel means for. engaging a relatively large area of the supporting surface and thereby reinforcing the material of the supporting surface against stresses produced by a guy wire.

Another object is the provision of an improved guy attachment which is simple in design, stronger and durable in use, easy to install, and cheap to manufacture.

Other and more specific advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description and from the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation showing one form of the guy attachment.

Fig. 2 is a view of the guy attachment as seen from the right relative to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the cupped reinforcin member which forms a part of the atttachment.

Fig. 4 is a top view showing the shape of a metal blank prior to forming the reinforcing member shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a side view in elevation showing a modified form of the guy attachment.

Fig. 6 is a front view of the device shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a side view of another form of the invention.

Fig. 8 is a view of the device shown in Fig. '7 as seen from the right. I

Fig. 1 illustrates an exemplary installation of one of the guy attachments upon the pole such as may be in electric light, telephone, telegraph or power lines.

The guy attachment is designated in its entirety by the numeral I and is preferably secured to the pole 2 by means of one or more bolts 3 2 and 4 having a drive fit throughholes bored in the pole 2. The bolts are provided with the usual washers. and nuts 5 for clamping the attachment.

The guy attachment consists of a strip of galvanized steel 6 bent back upon itself to form a cable receiving loop I, and punched at 8 to form an opening for receiving the bolt 3. The upper end of the strip is similarly punched at 9 to receive the bolt 4. A cupped reinforcing member Ill is attached to the steel strip 6 by any suitable.

means, such as welding, to the rear portion of the strip. As will be seen in Figs. 3 and 4, the member ID is provided with a central aperture I I which registers with the opening 8 in the strip 6 when the member ID is attached thereto. The cupped reinforcing member I I] has a. serrated periphery to provide teeth I2 having cutting edges 23 extending in direction of rotation of the cupped reinforcing member In.

An important function in the process of securing the guy attachment to the pole is performed by the cutting edge 23 of the teeth I2 of the cupped reinforcing member I0.

It has been found that the best method of securing this improved guy attachment to the pole is to place the fixture 0n the pole by means of the bolt 3 which is passed through a hole previously drilled through the pole '2, and tightening the nut 4 until the teeth I2 of the serrated edge of the member are in contact with the pole. The fixture may then be rotated on the bolt by any convenient means and thus cause the cutting edges 23 of the teeth I2 to cut into the surface of the pole adjoining the attachment. As the cutting edges 23 of the teeth I2 cut the material of the pole, the nut 4 may be tightened as necessary to hold the teeth I2 in close contact with the pole. By following this procedure, the cutting edges 23 of I2 will cut a circular groove into the pole concentric with the bolt 3. Thus the serrated margin of the member I0 is embedded in the pole and serves to provide an area of pole engagement far in excess of that which would be available from the bolt per se.

In Fig. 5 the fixture is composed of two galvanized steel strips I3 and I4 having portions I5 and I6 contacting respectively, and relatively spaced slanting portions l1 and I8 in parallel to each other. The contiguous portions l5 and I6 are apertured at 8 for receiving the bolt 3 and the two downwardly extending slanting portions I1 and I8 are joined by pin I9 which rotatably supports a grooved cable receiving pulley 20. They serrated member II], as in Fig. 1, is attached to the galvanized steel strip l5 by welding or other suitable means with the aperture ll concentric With the openings 8. As will be apparent, the Fig. 5 modification will be anchored to the pole in the manner similar to that described with reference to Fig. 1.

In Fig. 7,-the fixture or pole guy attachment comprises a cast or wrought iron portion having a base 2| and cable receiving eye 22. The reinforcing member IU, previously described, is attached to the base 2| by welding or other suitable means so that the member is concentrically arranged relative to the bolt 3.

What I have illustrated preferred embodiments of my invention, other modifications may be made 15 designed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth but desire to avail myself of all modifications Within the scope of the appended claim;

I claim: I

As a new article of manufacture, a pole guy 4 attachment comprising as a unit an apertured base having a cable receiving portion depending from the base and an annular groove cutting toothed flange secured to the base and concentric with said aperture, said groove cutting flange serving as a reinforcing member for said base.

ROBERT L. SMYTHE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Brickman Apr. 20, 1943 

